Wheeled scale worm

wheeled_scaleworm.jpg
taxon:Polychaeta; Polynoidae species:Opisthotrochopodus tunnicliffeae
axial status uncommon author: Pettibone; 1988
Another species with gills under the scales but this one often has two large inflated wheel organs at the posterior. (The scales are missing on this specimen.)
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